3/9/10

THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON AT SXSW UPDATE

Hey, SXSW-ers!
Here's the info we've got so for for "Dave Bone and the Troublemakers w/ special guest Thunderbolt Patterson":

3/19
2:15...Sonny's Vintage
7:15...Spiderhouse Cafe

More details to come!

3/1/10

ANOTHER CHANCE TO CATCH IGGY 'N' HDM

On Friday, March 12, at 11 p.m. ET, The Handsome Dick Manitoba Radio Program will rebroadcast the interview Manitoba did with Iggy Pop back in October of ’09. They are doing so in honor of Iggy & the Stooges' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Those ceremonies are being held March 15 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City and will be aired on Fuse TV.

2/16/10

THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON LIVE AT SXSW!

J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson will be performing songs from his newly released disc, The LP Is Dead, at SXSW backed by Dave Bone and the Troublemakers. Multiple shows. The Thunderbolt sings lead live from behind the drums! Details to follow.

11/24/09

MASTER PLAN SHOW MAXIMUM RESPECT TO EUROPE

The second Master Plan record, entitled Maximim Respect, has just been released in Europe by Nicotine Records on CD and vinyl. Keith Streng (Fleshtones), Andy Shernoff (Dictators), Bill Milhizer (Fleshtones) and Paul Johnson (Waxing Poetics) have raised a beer, fired up the bbq, and provided another sonic reminder of what’s good and fun about R&R. In March it will be available from Steel Cage Records in America, Australia, Japan and South America, in all formats and on iTunes.

CELEBRATE J.P.'S THE LP IS DEAD!

11/13/09

THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON'S THE LP IS DEAD DROPPING MONDAY

Check out the new disc from our own Thunderbolt Patterson, The LP Is Dead, hitting stores Monday, 11/16. More info here! Order it here!

11/13/09

DEL-LORDS, OLD 'N' NEW, FOR YOU

The entire catalog of Scott Kempner's Del-Lords is available now at Amazon.com and your cooler rekkid stores (if you can find one), plus it will be available soon on iTunes. In related news, the Del-Lords are currently recording a new album! Stay tuned ...

10/14/09

IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO

One of the ALL TIME GREATS, CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO, has passed away ... As a wrestler, manager of The Valliant Brothers, and other great wrestlers, and as an announcer, Mr. Albano has left an indelible impression on me, personally, and on my band, The Dictators.

LONG LIVE CAPTAIN LOU!

-- Handsome Dick Manitoba

8/12/09

THE WORD ON THE DICS TRIBUTE SHOW

Five veteran Boston rockers took the stage last Friday night to perform the Dictators' classic Bloodbrothers during an album tribute show. So how did it go? Watch some YouTube clips, see a few photos and read some
show chatter on a Boston rock message board.

Then check out the following report from TheDictators.com Beantown correspondent Sal Cincotta:

"We're the Bizarro Dictators!!" Richie Parsons cackled, and in a way, they were. Those of us who have stood as The Few and The Proud to see the real thing were a little confused to see this collection of old Boston rock guys take the stage at Church’s "Classic LP Cover Night" on Fri 8/7. I mean, they weren’t attempting to cover some garden variety band -- they were taking on THE DICTATORS, and their classic Bloodbrothers lp to boot!

Any questions about whether or not they had the collective huevos to pull it off were put to rest the second they ripped into "Faster and Louder." You could feel it as much as hear it -- there was no way the band was going to dishonor the original's by doing it half-assed. Nope, they were going to use their whole asses, and completely commit to the bit.

From BLT through "Slow Death," and into the encores of YFS and "Who Will Save R&R," the energy and enthusiasm never let up. Sure, there were some sloppy transitions and endings, and Richie occasionally messed up the lyrics. In other words, it was just like seeing the real thing.

I'm as passionate a Dic-head as walks the earth, and I gotta give Johnny 1, Johnny 2, Lee, Fritz the Boss, and Handsome Ritchie 7 thumbs up for doing it right. H to G, it was as visceral a thrill as the Dics themselves used to bring. When and if the Dictators ever decide to grant local franchising rights (a la McDonald's) to perpetuate the band, Faster and Louder has Boston covered.

No word yet about future gigs, but guys -- you would be insane NOT to.

8/4/09

ROSS TO ROCK NYC ON AUG. 28

7/7/09

THE NEXT BEST THING? DICS TRIBUTE ACT!!

Starved for some live Dictators action? Read on . . .

Five veteran Boston rockers are teaming up as Faster & Louder to play the Bloodbrothers LP during an album tribute night on Friday, Aug. 7, at the Beantown nightclub Church, located in the Fenway at 69 Kilmarnock St. A virtual Who's Who of old school Boston punk, the band features Richie "Swinging Dick" Parsons of Unnatural Axe on vocals, "Fritz the Boss" Erickson of Gang Green on lead guitar, Johnny "Top 20" Black of the Johnny Black Trio on rhythm guitar, and Lee "The Lawman" Harrington and "Johnny Rock" Lynch of the Neighborhoods on bass and drums. The band has the blessings of Adny, Ross the Boss and Top Ten, who has also been providing playing tips to "Top 20" Black. (Handsome Dick Manitoba, however, offers his blessings on the condition that the whole band wears N.Y. Yankee hats.)

Also on the bill will be a second Johnny Lynch combo, Clock Strikes Ten, playing all of Cheap Trick's In Color.

5/17/09

MANITOBA ROCKS ROAD RECOVERY BENEFIT

Handsome Dick Manitoba represented at the Road Recovery benefit honoring Wayne Kramer in NYC on May 1. Check out a video featuring the Handsome One, plus a report on and photos from the event.

Kramer, Manitoba and other participants in the night's events headed out to the Sing Sing maximum-security facility the next day to perform for its prisoners. Read a report here.

5/6/09

THUNDERBOLT THANKS!

J.P. would like to thank: EVERYONE in Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black; the staff and crew of the Donaufestival (especially Lisi) for a fantastically run event; The 4000+ that came out; our bill-mates Antony and the Johnsons and Cocorosie. Wonderful town (Krems, Austria), wonderful time.

4/8/09

J.P. REJOINS THE CIRCUS, AND IS THRILLED

J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson will be back in The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black for at least one show, at the Donau Festival in Krems, Austria, May 1st. Perhaps the Samoa designed "Mark of the Beast" catsuit?

4/5/09

HDM MVP OF YANKEE STADIUM CEREMONY

Handsome Dick Manitoba was amongst the first to check out the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., last week, as a VIP invited to take part in the opening of the park's Hard Rock Cafe. Check out this new clip of the ceremonial guitar smashing, this Yankees.com video of the event, these wire service photogalleries, plus these photos:

The KING OF MEN at RELIGIOUS SERVICES

With BERNIE WILLIAMS at THE NEW SHRINE in Da' South Bronx!

With DARRYL MC DANIELS of Run-DMC

3/24/09

THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON AT MUSIKMESSE!

Our own J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson will be at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany, April 1-5. You can find him in the various hospitality rooms of the companies he endorses: